Music

I was talking to a friend that has UC and he said there is a certain song that when it comes on in the car it always reminds him of his illness. Does anyone else have a certain song that when they hear it they are reminded of the battle we face every day with Crohns? Or is there a certain song that puts you on so much of a high that you are determined not to let the Crohns control you?

Thorn in my side - Eurythmics
seems to be a song that I sort of listen to and curse to now and again!!

My son keeps a CD of a band called Social Distortion in the car and I have listened to it many times. There is a song on there called Angel's Wings that really just touches me and makes me feel like this disease is not gonna keep me down...

You say you're down on your luck
Hey baby it's a long, long way up
Hold back now, hold back your fears
You say you're really down and out
And you feel like there's no way out now
Let go now let go of your tears some more

How many times have you asked yourself?
Is this the hand of fate now that I've been dealt?
You're so disillusioned this can't be real
And you can't stand now the way you feel

I don't care about what they say
I won't live or die that way
Tired of figuring out things on my own
Angel's wings won't you carry me home?

Another verse:

I triumphed in the face of adversity
And I became the man I never thought I'd be
And now my biggest challenge, a thing called love
I guess I'm not as tough as I thought I was

I turn this up and sing along...drives my son nuts!! LOL

There's one written by Townes VanZandt (To Live Is To Fly) but I listen to the Cowboy Junkies sing it:

Days up and down they come
like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
but don't turn none away
Everything is not enough
Nothing is too much to bare
Where you've been is good and gone
All you keep's the gettin' there

To live is to fly low and high
So shake the dust of your wings and sleep out of your eyes.

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There's a local guy in Portland... When he plays this song, I'm not just dancing but crying also:

When your time comes a callin'
Through the darkness at the end of the day
Whoa don't be that person
Who has let his faith slip away

Well it's a long road, and a hard road
And there's no signs there to guide

...
You could climb the highest mountain
if you could see it through the trees
Your brother on your back
and you on your knees

Don't matter who you talk to
when you get down on your knees
Or whose name you're crying
when you're chained by the misery

Cuz all the world and its colors
your travels near and far
They can't change you from the person you think you are...

the kanye west song mentioned previously is 'Stronger', a remix with Daft Punks 'Harder Better Faster Stronger', one of my favorite songs.

I really like "Bulletproof" by La Roux.

Tick tick tick tick on the watch
Life's too short for me to stop

I love that Kanye West song too.I also love Tim McGraws live like you were dying.